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Mar 28, 2012
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HPV Vaccine: Controversy and Solution

By Katharina Schwan
We all remember Michele Bachmann’s insidious comments from last September, in which she insinuated that the HPV vaccine had potential ties to mental retardation. Since this controversial Republican...
HPV, Cancer, vaccine
Mar 22, 2012
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Changes to MA HIV Policies

By Jane Huston
A bill recently passed by the Massachusetts Senate and awaiting approval in the House would take steps at bringing HIV testing policy in Massachusetts into the 21st century. Currently,...
Massachusetts, HIV, Policy
Mar 12, 2012
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"Nodding" to Kony 2012

By Anna Tomasulo
  I wager that last week, your twitter feed was dominated by tweets tagged #StopKony or #Kony2012. If you don’t use twitter, perhaps Kony bombarded you via Facebook newsfeed or your Reader of...
Kony 2012, Nodding Syndrome, Uganda, LRA
Feb 9, 2012
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Human vs. Microbe: Looming Resistance in Gonorrhea

By Anna Tomasulo
According to The Bay Area Reporter and to preliminary data from the Department of Public Health’s STD Prevention and Control Section, cases of gonorrhea in San Francisco jumped from 1,943 in 2010...
gonorrhea, antibiotic resistance
Jan 25, 2012
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Acute Flaccid Paralysis in Ethiopia

By David Scales
On January 24, the United Nations refugee agency reported the detection of five cases of acute flaccid paralysis in Dolo Ado, Ethiopia. Three cases were in the Somali refugee camp there, with two...
polio, Ethiopia
Dec 12, 2011
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Pakistani Media on the Decision to End the Nation's H5N1 Surveillance Program

By Anna Tomasulo
The Dec. 12 edition of the Pakistan Daily Times warns of avian influenza, or H5N1, “looming” over the country. In June 2011, the Pakistani government decided to end the National Programme for the...
Nov 21, 2011
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Flu Vaccine a Global Public Health Triumph Despite “Only” 59% Effectiveness

By David Scales
Every year public health officials, doctors and advertisements outside of Walgreen’s remind us to get our flu vaccines. But a recent report in the Lancet Infectious Disease showed that the flu...
Sep 15, 2011
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In defense of vaccines

By Anna Tomasulo
  Monday night’s Tea Party debate inspired a myriad of articles, blog posts and tweets, largely from the health community, in response to Minn. Rep. Michele Bachmann's vehement opposition to...